20 new & returning TV shows premiering in August

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Adult Swim

11 p.m. Aug. 9, Adult Swim "The greatest hospital drama in the history of recorded media," er, Rob Corddry's always edgy and mostly inappropriate spoof of medical dramas returns for a fourth season of fun.The origins of Chief's (Megan Mullally) handicaps will be revealed this season, and a...

11 p.m. Aug. 9, Adult Swim "The greatest hospital drama in the history of recorded media," er, Rob Corddry's always edgy and mostly inappropriate spoof of medical dramas returns for a fourth season of fun.The origins of Chief's (Megan Mullally) handicaps will be revealed this season, and a... (Adult Swim)

8 p.m. Aug. 19, BBC America Tom Weston-Jones plays New York Det. Tom Corcoran, a Civil War vet on a mission to find the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped his wife. Corcoran's quest leads him to help the unfortunate residents living in New York's Five Points neighborhood of 1864, and...

8 p.m. Aug. 19, BBC America Tom Weston-Jones plays New York Det. Tom Corcoran, a Civil War vet on a mission to find the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped his wife. Corcoran's quest leads him to help the unfortunate residents living in New York's Five Points neighborhood of 1864, and... (BBC America)

9 p.m. Aug. 17, Starz The first season of this epic Chicago tale ended with Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) sprawled on the floor in the grips of a seizure caused by the degenerative neurological disorder that he knows will eventually kill him. But don't count the mayor out. As the new season,...

9 p.m. Aug. 17, Starz The first season of this epic Chicago tale ended with Mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) sprawled on the floor in the grips of a seizure caused by the degenerative neurological disorder that he knows will eventually kill him. But don't count the mayor out. As the new season,... (Starz)

8 p.m. Aug. 12, AMC Anson Mount's former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon is running from the law as Season 2 of the moody Western opens, but circumstances soon will bring him back to Hell on Wheels, the lawless, traveling town that follows and services the construction of the firs

8 p.m. Aug. 12, AMC Anson Mount's former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon is running from the law as Season 2 of the moody Western opens, but circumstances soon will bring him back to Hell on Wheels, the lawless, traveling town that follows and services the construction of the firs (AMC)

With one month before the official start of the Fall TV season, cable and the broadcast networks aren't letting up on their summer premieres. Here's a look at 20 new or returning shows that might be worth your time. Curt Wagner, RedEye's Show Patrol Complete list of August TV premieres